Bay County, Michigan
Merritt Township Real Estate and Local Guide
Rural agricultural civil township organized July 8, 1871 from Portsmouth Township, shaped by rich black muck soils that made it a center for potato, sugar-beet, and vegetable farming around the community of Munger
Living in Merritt Township
Home of the Munger Potato Festival, a regional summer tradition running since about 1956 that celebrates the area's potato-farming heritage and hands out free potatoes each night. Source: michigan.org
Homes in Merritt Township
What makes Merritt Township home
Munger Potato Festival
Four-day summer festival in the community of Munger hosted by the Munger Volunteer Firemen Corporation since about 1956, reaching its 70th year in 2025
Community of Munger
Township's focal community since the turn of the 20th century, grown around the railroad and muck-soil potato and sugar-beet farming
Munger youth baseball and softball programs
Local ballfields and youth diamond programs funded by Munger Potato Festival proceeds